"There's definitely good things to take from today but at the end of the day the team wants to race for the win and unfortunately, we just maybe miscalculated or under-committed to getting the break back today," Wollaston told Cyclingnews as she headed to her team car after the stage.
"Hengeveld attacked alone with 50km to go and pushed the gap to two minutes. Eventually the chase got underway but it didn't gather enough momentum or widespread support, so Hengeveld stayed clear to win alone, 36 seconds ahead of the rest of the Women's Tour Down Under field."
"We definitely paid the price in the finish but it's a good lesson at least to take into the next few days, to be a little bit more vigilant," Wollaston said. It may have been a frustrating outcome in some ways, but in others it showed the strength of Wollaston's current condition and also what a remarkably quick adjustment the former AG Insurance-Soudal rider had made to her new team and her new team had made to the rider from New Zealand.
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